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The Bridal House
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The Bridal House

The Bridal House is an 1819 log home built by Moore Cotton as a wedding gift for his daughter Elizabeth.

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The historic home known as the Bridal House was built by Moore Cotton, who was the son of Thomas Cotton, one of the first settlers of Sumner County. The log home stands on the west bank of Station Camp Creek, and was built in 1819 as a wedding gift to his only daughter Elizabeth, who married Richard Hobdy, an apprentice who worked in Mr. Cotton’s blacksmith shop.

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The Bridal House was built by Thomas Cotton’s son Moore Cotton as a wedding gift for Elizabeth Cotton.